Pocket-rule holder



J. E. PAULSON AN D C. W. ALMQUIST.

POCKET RULE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED lULY I0, 1919.

1 34,394, Patented Mar. 23, 1920.

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To oil whom it may concern Be it known that We, .lor-IN E. PAULMON on t of the King of Swede the latter e citifl oi? the United Stetes, residiitig; et Minnein the county of Hennepin end @tete innesote, her e invented it new and usc- :Eul Pocket-1t .le Holder, of which the lollou'in e specification.

(let :cntion reletes to neons tor cl n sphe; tools so they do not drop out o'l gnu. n nl' petets in which they are carried. 'lbc device is espceiell i designed for bold inc; it folded rule in the pocket oi? e coo-t, on. or other e;ernient worn by e nlechenie, MU thet when he stoops or heme over the role eon not escape .ilj'OIl'l the pocket.

in the accompanying; drawing, Figure l is an elevation of o portion off it enrnieiut having; it pocket and our device applied their o end a rule held in the device; o 'e eat the rinent being broken away to one the rule and the device Within the pocket. Fig, 2 is a section on the line in .Fig. 1.

terrier to the drawing by reference nerni-niels, 3 designates the garment, of wl ion 4': meg, be the cloth and 5 the lining. the pocket 6 be on inside poclrct, and it be an outside pocket, then. 5 will be the it th and 4- the lining. In either case 7 the I? edn'e oi. the pocket.

*llie sleeping device for ioldine; the rule In i the pocket is torn c strip of l. bent to e li -sliepe, 9 having o plain erui .LU end another emu, 11, par "ellel thereto end It urine. end 12 returned iwerdly on side the pocket, thus :liorrn- W}; on inverted ttshoped bend, 13, which :triddles loosely over the edge of the pocket. r ru'fl d (Men TV. hirnionisir, the former a, sub

specifimfiml LfitteTs *atented Mikel. 23, 153%). Application filed July re, 1919.

serial No. 309,966.

The spring be]: 1723 is near its middle previ ed with en aperture 20, into which projez. a stud ill on the own 1 rid stud meg; lie/vi shoulder serving; :is e ilfulflllll'] or restore; point tor the spring her. The lower portion oil seid her extends eluioet ding Milly ecross the space between the two arms 10, ll. forming it springnrni. F433 (see Fig. between which end the sum it) therule e clespedv end held To nieke d sprin urni more ejllcctive it is re ierorced b; a compression coil s n-in 24:, which hes one end secured to the arm 1.]. end the other end. to en overl'ient end pol ot the s n-lug ttl'ill 23; said portion to hold the spring 93st Without .ei g; with the smooth l'zue ot the s n-inn urni thet is to contact with the rule.

. lln the use oi. the device the device zitteched to the poclret in the manner e, we and described, by pressing the arm 16 to 'Werd the iri'nent While the edge oi. the pocket is eoinitted between the tee l9, illltl as the tlill. fa port of the pocket teeth. and this; the no cc is held in. the pocl'tet. The rule 8, or any other size and term of rule. e ccord' v to the site of the l vii-e end the lJOClfl-Bt, then pushed downd into the de ice, the spring erin 5433 e id spring M1 yielding to edniit the rule, end then clzwniiiig end llOltlll'igIl' it until it be re- TUO'VGCl by force.

What We claim. is:

1. ln s device oi. the class described, a

upper end it cl'i n eel. edge ot the pool. n egg; erni. extendlng tron; one 1 oi the ll ct e slunt into the space therein and ndepted to pinch e rule or similar tool. enninst the other arm; of the U; said spring; uriin extending through on zu'ierture in. one arm of the Ll end upward at the enter side thereoit and forming one of the jaws claepino; the edge 01' the pocket,

the otl'ier jeiv o'l seid clasp being formed oi. the intenrel upper end portion of the adocent time of the U, the letter portion being bent downward outside the pocket.

opted to clue-i over the 1 ti U 2. The structure specified in claim 1; said for preventing edgewise swinging of: the apertured arm of the U having near the spring-bar. aperture a shouldered stud and the spring- In testimony whereof we ufiix our signa- 10 bar or arm having an aperture engaged by tures. 5 said Stud, whereby sliding movement of the spring but is prevented; and means at the JOHN E. PAULSON. upper end of the apertured arm'of the U' CARL W. ALMQUIST. 

